pontcanna

The international version of iPlayer won't have current (or live) programming. It's been rolled out in Europe and should be crossing the Atlantic soon. Only on iPad so far. Likely to be about 10 bucks per month. All archived content (of course the Beeb has the best archives in the world).

But today brought some potentially unpleasant news - UK media reporting that iPlayer may soon be subject to a TV licence fee:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...?newsfeed=true

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-...tv-licence-fee

R I C H

It's available in Australia too, via a subscription service: http://britishexpats.com/news/latest/iplayer-australia/

repap81

There is a free iPad app available on Canadian iTunes called 'FilmOn TV'. This
Ets you watch live English TV.

I've only had it a few days and am loving it!

pontcanna

Watching FilmOn on my PC. You get only a few seconds on each channel for free, then you have to take out a subscription - or so it appears.

repap81

I registered but it didn't prompt for a subscription on the iPad. I've watched hours of TV on the iPad.

BristolUK

I had almost a year of free access with filmon. The iPlayer worked too.

But I mostly used it for watching England matches that weren't on TV here. Three or four times a year wasn't worth paying for, especially with so many other free alternatives.

There are several sites that have TV soon after broadcast. I watched the Excellent The Hour on one-tvshows.eu. Excellent quality.

danfolkestone

No need to miss Downton Abbey, it's on PBS as part of their Masterpiece series. The second series starts in January, so it's only four months behind ITV. I'm not sure what will happen with the Christmas Special though.

glasvegas77

iPad 2 has an app called filmon tv that is free and you can watch all the main uk tv channels for free. Enjoy

Bellanova

Film on tv I think has stopped working now.... When I last tried to use it, it prompted me to update the app which I did and now it comes through tiny, same on hubby's iPad too

SambaDeAmigo

I've been using FilmOn on Android for about 5 months now. UKTV comes and goes. They update the listing once in a while and sometimes you don't get the UKTV channels.

London Mike

You need Film On Plus and the latest update too. Check out the App store.

ultrarunner

Android is the dog's bollocks innit? Waiting to get my hands on the ice cream sandwich

SambaDeAmigo

Definitely! I can't stand iOS, I need the flexibility that Android provides.
Yes, can't wait to get my tablet and phone updated to ICS

Bellanova

Funny, as soon as I had put this on here there was an update and now it works much better than it did before woohoo

Editha

I tried that link, but got a not found message.